In the Zichen Palace, Li Zhi's sudden question made Li Xuan a little confused, and the stunned look on his face was clearly visible.

Li Xuan hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen of Heaven, this matter has always been a matter of discussion between the central government and the six departments, how can it be the turn of the ministers to put their beaks!" ”

Li Zhi frowned slightly, looked sideways at Empress Wu, and Empress Wu immediately asked, "Then when you were on the plateau, you and Zuo Xiang didn't talk about it?" ”

"Never." Li Xuan's face was full of wry smiles, and he shook his head and said: "The minister has never thought that this is a matter decided by His Majesty, the Queen of Heaven and the ministers of the court, so the minister has never thought about it deeply. ”

Seeing Li Xuan's appearance, Li Zhi finally nodded, but then asked, "Okay, think about it now, I need to know what you really think in your heart." ”

"Whoa!" Li Xuan immediately gave up his hand, and then thought about it and said: "In the land of Qugou, there are only 30,000 people, more than 6,000 households, and there are more than enough in Xiazhou, and there are more than in Shangxian, so it is the first thing to establish a county, and after that, it is to establish a state, but there are more than 20,000 households in Xiazhou, which is obviously insufficient, so we need to look at the surrounding counties." ”

Li Zhi nodded slightly, Li Xuan said this, indicating that the idea is still clear, but it depends on how clear it is.

After carefully sorting out his thoughts, Li Xuan continued: "Kuozhou, Shanzhou, are close to it, so if you don't establish a state, you should consider including it in the two states."

Once in the state, the state governance, county governance, and taxation all need to be considered, as well as the transportation of grain and grass, and the responsibility of Tibet's combat defense.

Therefore, the ministers are concerned that Kuozhou and Shanzhou should not be willing to be included in Qugou New Town, so whether to establish a new state or not, we need to see Xinghai. ”

"Shhh When Li Xuan said this, even he couldn't help but take a breath of cool air.

Xinghai, Tubo Qingdong Protectorate sits, on the Qinling left wing army of 30,000 troops, there is the danger of mountains and rivers and the Yellow River.

In the previous war, on Qinling retreated to Dafeichuan, but the army on the southern front was still colluded with Xinghai.

Even if there were Turkic cavalry in the north and black teeth in the east, they still could not attack them.

Now if it is a state, Xinghai, which is heavily hoarded, must be considered.

"If you take Xinghai, you will establish a new state, and if you can't take Xinghai, you will govern it by a county." Li Zhi nodded approvingly and said, "It really should be so." ”

Empress Wu also nodded and said: "The county of Qinghai and Hubei will be included in Shanzhou, Qugou New Town, if you can't capture Xinghai, you will enter Kuozhou and govern Kuozhou." ”

It can be seen that Li Zhi, Empress Wu, and the ministers of the DPRK and China have not reached an agreement on this matter.

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen of Heaven, in addition, this matter also needs to consider the matter of Tuyuhun." ”

Whether it is Qugou New Town or Xinghai, it has always been the hometown of Tuyuhun.

Now that the Murong clan has recaptured Fuqi City, the establishment of the country has been put back on the agenda.

Once Tuyuhun recovers the country, it is natural to ask for the old land to be returned, and it is difficult for Datang to refuse openly.

However, neither Li Xuan nor Empress Wu had any intention of returning Qugou to the Murong clan.

Even the meaning of their intention to cut Tuyuhun is very clear, but how to persuade Tuyuhun to accept it nominally has become a difficult problem.

No one will accept that the place that originally belonged to them has been cut apart by others, and then gradually eaten and annexed.

If one is not done well, the whole country will be eaten away and die.

Once this is the case, it is almost a sure fact that Datang and Tuyuhun turned their faces.

Li Zhi's brows furrowed slightly, and then he looked at Li Xuan and asked, "What do you think about this matter?" ”

Li Xuan couldn't help but breathe, and he could see that Li Zhi had already made a decision in his heart about this matter, and he was ready to turn his face with Tuyuhun.

Especially after Li Xuan moved 30,000 people and 6,000 elites from Fu Qi City, Tuyuhun is now a burden for the Tang Dynasty.

But how to turn the face with Tuyuhun and when to turn the face with Tuyuhun needs to be carefully considered

Li Xuan arched his hand and said seriously: "I am going to the west this time, the national strength is very expensive, only the northwest Chaka salt land can be replenished by one or two, so the Chaka salt land, no one can take it away, Chaka is so, and the Qugou New Town in the rear is even more so, so the minister once suggested that the left minister set up a checkpoint in the northwest mountainous area of Chaka......

On the main road from Chaka to Fu Qi City, a checkpoint was set up and a fortress was built, and the Murong clan resolutely fought back no matter what his intentions were.

"Your recital is the same when you read it." Empress Wu nodded directly, and then said: "But what if the Murong clan sends a message to pray, not for the present, but for the future?" ”

"Not now, but in the future?" Li Xuan couldn't help but be stunned, the meaning of this was that the Tuyuhun people had temporarily given up their demands for Chaka and Qugou New Town, and they wanted to wait until the future, and wait until the Tang Dynasty withdrew its troops from the plateau, and then seek to recover the two places.

A blue-skinned piece of music has been held in the hand of Empress Wu, she looked at Li Xuan calmly, what she said just now has become a reality.

Murong Zhi had really given up his appeal to Chaka and Qugou New Town for the time being, but Li Xuan knew that this was just an expedient measure.

Li Xuan's expression was solemn, and he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the queen of heaven, the minister has been in contact with the governor of Anle Prefecture, as well as the general of the town army, and his posture in the city of Fu Qi, and it is diametrically opposed to Chang'an, the governor of Anle Prefecture is very deep, and it is difficult for the minister to see one or two, but the general of the town army, he wishes that he will restore Tuyuhun tomorrow, and then drive Tubo out of the Qingnan Basin, and my Tang Dynasty will also withdraw from the plateau at the same time." ”

Murong Zhong is extremely ambitious, and he is even more ambitious than Murong Nuo's bowl.

With such a person, it is almost impossible for Tuyuhun to be stable.

"How to fix it?" Li Zhi's body leaned forward slightly, and the extremely strong oppressive force had been transmitted to Li Xuan's body.

Li Zhi's attitude is obvious, since the Tang Dynasty's army has reached the plateau, then there is absolutely no reason to retreat.

Although the Qinghai Plateau has the threat of plateau miasma, the transportation of grain and grass is much more convenient than that of the Western Regions, the grassland, and the East Island.

If you can't take such a place, he, the Emperor of the Great Sage, won't be called.

Li Xuan arched his hand, thought about it and said: "Tuyuhun has restored the country, even our dynasty has no excuse to stop it, so its restoration is inevitable." ”

Li Zhi couldn't help frowning when he heard this, but he wanted to refute, but he couldn't say anything to refute.

Because the Tang Dynasty's expedition to Tubo on both sides of the front and back was done under the banner of recovering the country for Tuyuhun.

If they don't allow Tuyuhun to restore the country, then whether it is Tubo or the countries of the Western Regions, they will think that the Tang Dynasty is untrustworthy.

This kind of thing happened to Datang once, and finally led to the death of the famous general Guo Xiaoke, and now no one will let the old thing repeat itself.

Retracting his thoughts, Li Zhi immediately waved his hand and said, "You continue." ”

"There are big and small countries, big for empires and kingdoms, and small for feudal countries and states. Tuyuhun restored the country, but it can only be a feudal country, a state, and no longer a kingdom. Li Xuan's words directly demoted Tuyuhun.

Earlier, when Tuyuhun ruled the Qinghai Plateau, it was the Tuyuhun Kingdom, and later Tuyuhun was divided into two, the east and west Tuyuhun, and then the country was destroyed.

Now, Tuyuhun has returned to the country, and the Murong clan naturally wants to revert to the king of Qinghai, but the Tang Dynasty wants to cut the Qingdong area directly into his own hands, and Tuyuhun is not allowed to have any objections and dissatisfaction.

"The Analects of Advanced": "An Jianfang sixty or seventy is as good as fifty or sixty." non-state".

Bang refers to a small fief with a radius of sixty or seventy or fifty or sixty miles.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the king divided the land under his rule to the princes with the same or different surnames, and the land was called "feng", and later it was also called "state".

Now in the Tang Dynasty, although the royal princes have fiefs, they are only fiefs.

Tuyuhun is different, he was a kingdom before, but now he is re-established, the country is weak, it is not suitable for a kingdom, and it is more suitable for a state.

"The state, the city-state, today's Tuyuhun, there is only one place in the city, and it is very appropriate to become a state." After a slight pause, Li Xuan arched his hand and said: "If it wants to be a kingdom, it can also, take the Qingxi Basin to the west, and naturally it can also." ”

The king of Tuyuhun is incompetent, he cannot govern the people of the country, he can only become a state, and if he wants to become a kingdom, he can only go west, but his ability is somewhat worrying.

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he bowed down.

Li Zhi lowered his head and thought about it, Li Xuan's suggestion was good, but if he wanted the Tuyuhun people to accept it, then he had to have a suitable person to announce the decree and go to Tuyuhun to announce the summoning.

It's best to let the Tuyuhun people have to accept it, and there will be no dissatisfaction.

This person can't be Liu Renliang, it can't be Li Xuan, it's better to be Li Xian, or Li Dan...... However, a candidate suddenly emerged from the depths of Li Zhi's heart.

"The king of Nanchang is thoughtful, and the war will be put aside." Li Zhi said lightly and directly removed the topic, and then, he said lightly: "Before, you said in the chapter that the West Star fell, but the Taishi Bureau didn't find anything, what is the explanation?" ”

The fall of the West Star is about the death of Mangsong Mangzan, the lord of Tubo.

This kind of major event has always been corroborated by astrological signs, so after Li Xuan saw it, he immediately sent a message to Chang'an, but the Taishi Bureau did not notice anything wrong from the astrological signs.

Li Xuan didn't have the slightest difference in this, he arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, in this way, there is still no news coming back from Luo Qi?" ”

Li Zhi nodded lightly, and gave Li Xuan a reply.

Slightly relieved, Li Xuan continued: "The minister just returned from Fu Qi City that day, and reported to the left minister about Fu Qi City, out of the camp, when I saw the west star twinkling, crumbling, and even fell into the west sky, but suddenly, another force suddenly appeared, stabilized it in mid-air, and then there was a return to the west sky, the minister was still in danger on the plateau, and the Taishi Bureau was thousands of miles away, the difference was a millimeter, and it was not strange that he had not seen it. ”

"Secrets are not mourned." Li Zhi suddenly leaned back a little and revealed the secret in one sentence.

The secret word needs to be covered up, not only people's tongues, but also the mystery of celestial phenomena.

When the lord of a country dies, the celestial phenomena have their own feedback, and for the real masters, it can't be hidden at all.

Crape myrtle shakes, and the stars fall.

Once something happens to Datang, it will inevitably be like this.

Therefore, there must be astrological masters, and the astrological signs that are forged and blocked in time.

Who would have thought that Tubo would have such a master.

"Mangsong Mangzan is dead, Tubo will inevitably have civil strife, the minister estimates that the Qinling is now afraid that he has already received the news, so before he returns to the law, he will inevitably take the initiative to seek war, the marshal has already made some preparations, just wait for the Qinling to enter the Yanzhong." Li Xuan involved the topic on the front-line war.

Li Zhi shook his head slightly, and said: "On Qinling, he is cautious, since Zuo Xiang has an ambush and does not have enough bait, I am afraid it will be difficult to lead him into the trap." ”

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then kept nodding, he must admit that Li Zhi's words were very reasonable.

"It's also a good thing that the front line is calm, and now, let's talk about some things." Empress Wu answered, looked at Li Xuan and said: "In Tubo, there will inevitably be civil strife, but how big is this civil strife, how much impact will it have, and where should I start." King Nanchang, the person in your hand should be handed over. ”

"Whoa!" Li Xuan bowed heavily, and then without the slightest hesitation, he took out a piece of music from his arms and handed it forward.

His crisp and neat movements made Empress Wu extremely surprised.

A relieved smile appeared on Li Zhi's face.

(End of chapter)