In the Zichen Palace, Li Xuan smiled helplessly and said: "The queen of heaven, the matter of the heir, lies in the sky and the people. The heavens are ethereal, and the human beings need to work hard, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ...... The minister has done his best, and the final outcome can only depend on the will of heaven. ”

What happened in the Lishan Hot Spring Palace, the Empress Wu is not unclear.

After Li Xianzhi and the crown princess Fang spent the night together, they no longer got along.

Where, then, is the way to have children?

Empress Wu frowned and said, "Since this is the case, if it doesn't work, I will trouble King Nanchang to do it again." ”

"The minister is naturally willing to do his best, but I am afraid that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will resist, and this time the minister will use His Majesty's order, but next time, in this kind of matter, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince orders in advance, then even His Majesty's order may not be able to enter the ears of the ministers of the East Palace." Li Xuan couldn't help but shake her head.

If there are other government officials, the officials of the East Palace naturally have no room for refusal; But when it comes to the prince's private affairs, these officials in the East Palace have reason to have an excuse not to intervene.

"There's nothing to worry about." Empress Wu waved her hand very indifferently and said: "If Xian'er has no heirs in the future, this matter alone is enough to make everyone in the East Palace bow down; The key, again, is your medicine, to work. ”

Li Xuan took a deep breath and arched his hand: "Queen of Heaven, according to what the ministers have seen, His Royal Highness resists the crown princess in his heart, if there are other women approaching His Royal Highness the crown prince at this time, maybe ......"

"The eldest grandson?" Empress Wu couldn't help frowning, this answer was not within her expectations.

Although Empress Wu was established by the emperor and the queen, she became the queen, and her son was naturally the emperor's son-in-law.

Now that the matter of Li Xian's children is no longer a trivial matter, if Li Xian really has nothing to do, then even if the emperor is unwilling, he must consider the matter of abolishing the prince.

"Let's wait and see, the matter of Tibet is very urgent at the moment, everything is waiting for the matter of Tibet, and then talk about it carefully." Empress Wu raised her head, glanced at the East Palace with a gloomy expression, and said softly: "The Fang family was chosen as the crown princess that day, and there was a reason why it was easy to give birth to and raise people, and it is unknown whether this matter can be successful." ”

"The queen of heaven has a point." Li Xuan immediately surrendered.

Empress Wu nodded, and said: "I heard that you often talk to the crown prince, as well as the king of England and the king of the prime minister about the Book of Han?" ”

Li Xuan's breath suddenly stagnated, and then he bowed down and said: "After returning to the Queen of Heaven, the ministers look at the "Book of the Later Han", the anger is too heavy, far less than the "Book of Han", the "Book of Han" is magnificent, broad, and has the image of a king, "The Book of the Later Han", the son of heaven of the Western Han Dynasty is young for many years, and it is too biased. ”

"Han Gaozu, Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing, and even Emperor Wu." Empress Wu looked at Li Xuan with a smile, and said with a smile: "King of Nanchang, do you think that this dynasty and Your Majesty have the image of Emperor Wu?" ”

"Definitely." Li Xuan's words were categorical, and he said to the Empress Wu sincerely: "The Queen of Heaven, the Tang Dynasty has been inherited so far, there is still less than one Jiazi, and the emperor has inherited only three generations. ”

"Why?" Empress Wu immediately became interested.

"The fields, in the hands of the people today, still have fields." Li Xuan said the most important core of the matter in one sentence.

Today, the founding of the Tang Dynasty is less than a number, the land in the world has not been distributed, and the people still have surplus land in their hands.

If one day, the people don't even have any land left in their hands, then it's time to change the heavens and the earth.

To evaluate the progress of a dynasty, it is useless to look at the culture and martial arts, but to look at the fields in the hands of the people.

And up to now, Datang has distributed to the people every year, and there are not many fields, twenty or thirty acres, and there are still some of them.

In addition to paying taxes, as long as the people do not encounter famine, then there is no big problem in spending the year safely.

If you are more diligent, plus some artistic means, to support your children and grandchildren, it is not too difficult to study.

Looking at such progress, isn't Datang like when Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty was in power?

Looking at the rise of the family and the Han dynasty who ruled the court, it was a joke.

After a long time, Empress Wu took a deep breath, looked at Li Xuan with a complicated expression and said, "The words of the king of Nanchang are reasonable. ”

"The ministers are only biased, the first emperor was respected by all foreign clans as the Khan of Heaven; His Majesty has the act of sealing Mount Tai, which has never been done by the Second Emperor Wenjing. Li Xuan paused slightly, and arched his hand: "Maybe future generations will be stronger, but now, Your Majesty, is much stronger than the Second Emperor Wenjing." ”

"The only ones who can surpass me are my descendants." Li Zhi laughed and walked in from the side door, and Li Xuan immediately bowed down: "Chen Xuan, please see Your Majesty." ”

Li Zhi waved his hand casually and said, "Forget it, don't be polite." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Xuan bowed again, and then stood up, but still bowed respectfully.

Li Zhi walked to the side of the Empress Wu and sat down, patted the hand of the Empress Wu, and said: "Although I have a great plan and a lot of comparisons with the Han Wu, I know in my heart that I am not as good as the Han Wu, if you say, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, only my father can compare with the Han Wu, if I can pacify Tubo in my lifetime, maybe I can compare with the Han Wu, I don't know." ”

Li Zhi looked up at Li Xuan and asked with a smile, "Twenty-seven Lang, what do you think?" ”

Li Xuan bowed down and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to destroy Tubo. ”

"Oh?" Li Zhi was extremely surprised, and after looking at Empress Wu, who also looked surprised, he looked at Li Xuan and asked, "Twenty-seven Lang, this is very different from what you said before." ”

"It's no different." Li Xuan arched his hand slightly and said: "Your Majesty, in the eyes of the ministers, the reason why it is difficult for the Tang Dynasty to defeat Tubo is nothing more than the inferiority of the terrain; The land of Tibet is high, and ordinary people go up, it is inevitable that they can't breathe, and they are easily tired, but if they can stay on it for three or five years, they can achieve great success. ”

"It's still the same method of cannibalization."

"Isn't it, Your Majesty, if the minister says it now, it is a compromise?" Li Xuan arched his hand, his face solemn.

"You go on."

"The land of Tubo is roughly divided into three places, Qinghai Lake, the original valley where it is, where Tubo Luo is located, and the Zhangxiong tribes in the northwest, in addition, there are Subi, Yangtong, Bailan, Dangxiang, vassal countries, Jialiangyi and other annexed departments, if you can make good of provoking it, let it be used by the Tang Dynasty, then Tubo will be wiped out."

Li Zhi leaned forward slightly, and said in a deep voice: "There is a Tuyuhun Khan in Lingzhou, and there are also Tuyuhun people accompanying him this time. ”

"Your Majesty, this is Damiu!" Li Xuan bowed seriously, looking at Li Zhi's surprised look, Li Xuan said seriously: "Your Majesty, since Tuyuhun destroyed the country, the Tuyuhun tribe has three points, and most of the tribes stay in Tuyuhun's hometown for the use of Tubo; A small number of them, with the governor of Anle Prefecture, moved many times, and finally moved to Lingzhou, but even so, many of them were scattered and scattered all over the country, and their loyalty to Tuyuhun was extremely weak. ”

Murong Nuo, the governor of Anle Prefecture, the commander of the horses, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, the governor of Anle Prefecture, the king of Qinghai, and the son of the former king of Tuyuhun.

Now although there are a number of Tuyuhun tribes under Murong Nuo's command, it doesn't hurt to restore the country for many years, and the people of those tribes have gradually lost hope.

"The Tuguhun matter, the Tubo people also see it in their eyes, so they will calculate the longevity of the governor of Lingzhou, Huang Heshou, and the purpose is actually to Tubo." Li Xuan looked up at Li Zhi and bowed his hand: "Your Majesty, the Tuyuhun remnants are no longer able to return to Tuyuhun's hometown, and their appeal among the tribe is extremely weak. It is better to recruit the warriors of its scattered tribes and form an army alone, without the Tuyuhun nobles leading the army, recruiting troops from the lower levels, selecting generals, and making it my army of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan, breathing heavily for a while, this is a strategy for annexation.

Although the Tang Dynasty has been sympathetic for many years, whenever there is a war with Tubo, the Tuyuhun people will be summoned to use the Murong Nuo bowl and march with the army, although the army has good combat power in Qinghai and Tibet, but it has not always played much.

Li Zhi had never been aware of this problem before, but now that he thought about it, the threat of the Tuyuhun remnants to Tubo had indeed declined rapidly.

In this way, it is even better for Datang to recruit Tuyuhun soldiers and use the Tang Dynasty military system to control it.

Li Xuan's fluttering words have completely killed the future of the Tuyuhun remnant clan.

Now the major matter, not to mention Li Zhi, even the Empress Wu is also solemn.

Suddenly, Li Zhi smiled, he waved his hand, and said with a smile: "I like to watch Twenty-Seven Lang talk loudly, as if I was also a teenager." ”

Li Xuan immediately gave up his hand and said in fear: "It's the minister Meng Lang." ”

"It's none of your business." Li Zhi took a light breath, nodded, and said: "I will consider this matter, but the big war is imminent, and the matter of Tugu Hun is very important, and it will easily shake the morale of the army, so I can't do it." ”

"Your Majesty has insight into all directions and sees thousands of miles." Li Xuan immediately surrendered.

The change of Datang's policy is equivalent to Datang's direct annexation of the entire Tuyuhun remnants, which is really not a trivial matter.

When Datang set up the four towns of Anxi, Yanqi Gaochang and other countries, which were originally allies of Datang, immediately turned against Datang and became enemies of Datang.

How can the sensitivity of this be said clearly in a few words, not to mention that it is now before the war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.

Even if you want to do it, this matter needs to be slowly figured out, and it is imperceptibly annexed to Tuyuhun.

In the flickering of his eyes, Emperor Gaozong already had a plan in his mind.

Gaozong looked at Li Xuan, who was standing there respectfully, nodded, and said: "Sanlang's matter, you already know, when the sun is in the dynasty, the matter of the expedition will be decided, this time the Tibetan envoy quietly arrived in Chang'an, stealing secrets and leaving, behind the Yu family, the Yuan family, the Hou Mo Chen family, and even the Dugu family are involved, you and San Lang are going to arrive in Lintao, which is the base camp of the Longxi family, you have to be careful." ”

Li Xuan arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, my Li family is also the Longxi family, and there is also the base camp of my Li family. ”

Li Zhi smiled.

Longxi family, not to mention dozens, but more than a dozen famous families, there are still some.

Over the years, with the rise of the Li family in Longxi, the family around the Li family has soared, and there is great power in the imperial court and in the locality.

In Longxi's hometown, the Li clan is the first local clan, even if others have some thoughts, as long as they make good use of the power of the Li clan, it will be difficult to have turmoil.

Li Zhi leaned back slightly, and then sighed and said: "It's a pity that I decided to go early, if I had seen that Twenty-Seven Lang had this pattern, I should have sent you to Dunhuang." ”

Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, the means of the Shiyin real person are still above the minister, and the minister does not think that his disposal methods can surpass the Shiyin real person." ”

"Yes, Ming Shiyin has the means." Li Zhi nodded and said: "This time you are in Lintao, you and San Lang are in the rear army, it is impossible for the soldiers to send you much, how is the combat strength of the three thousand soldiers you trained in Hangzhou?" ”

Three thousand soldiers, Empress Wu also looked at Li Xuan at the same time, her eyes were sharp.

In the Xuanwu Gate Change, Emperor Taizong only used 800 soldiers, and he had completely conquered the entire world.

When Li Xuan was in Wuzhou, his soldiers were always swaying in the past, and it was not until later that he recruited troops in Hangzhou that there were only 3,000 people.

Now that the training has been going on for a long time, these 3,000 people are not the original 3,000 people.

(End of chapter)