The emperor frowned slightly, sat behind the imperial case, and carefully pondered Li Xuan's answer.

Although the emperor asked King Cao and King Jiang, in fact, it was the crown prince who asked.

The prince rebelled, intending to lead his troops to capture Xuanwu Gate, and then enter Qiankun, which is irrefutable.

The others are nothing more than discussions in the court, and what crime to decide.

But the crown prince's final disposition was in the emperor's heart.

The emperor pondered and asked, "If someone ruthlessly treats the prince with a rebellious sin, imitates the story of Jiancheng, loyalty, or even Chengqian, what should he do?" ”

"Your Majesty." Li Xuan knelt down again, kowtowed and said: "Although His Highness has a rebellious heart, after all, he has not yet reached the moment of action, or he has the heart to repent, and he will stop in time, and it is not known that it is not a capital crime." ”

"Hmm!" The Emperor nodded slightly, but only replied, and said no more.

Li Xuan leaned over again and said seriously: "As for the story of Chengqian, the minister also thinks that it is impossible to ...... After the king of Hengshan was exiled that year, he died of illness in less than a year, and the first emperor was heartbroken and unable to sleep for a long time.

The minister is not worried about anything else, but only worried that once the prince has an accident, His Majesty will also have the worry of the first emperor, and after a long time, it will destroy itself, and the minister will die unforgiving. ”

In the end, Li Xuan's voice was choked with a hint of choking, and the pain was overflowing.

Li Zhi was slightly stunned, and then sighed: "I have always known your thoughts, forget it, everything will be done according to what you say, but ...... The Three Law Divisions are now interrogating the officials of the Eastern Palace one by one, and it will not be long before it is concluded that everything is wrong at that time, you will argue with them. ”

"Commandment." Li Xuan bowed seriously, he was really worried about the emperor's body.

It is not an easy thing to abolish the crown prince, don't look at everything from the beginning to the present, everything is in the hands of the emperor, but when you dream back at midnight, you will inevitably blame yourself in your heart.

After a long time, the heart accumulates depression, which will inevitably hurt the body.

For Li Xuan, whether it is Li Xian, Li Dan, or Empress Wu in the future, no matter which emperor he is, it is impossible to treat him better than Li Zhi.

"Get up." Li Zhi raised his hand, looked at Li Xuan and said: "Since the East Palace Incident, I and Empress He have disposed of no less than 100 officials in various states and counties. ”

……

"The Turks have moved?" Li Xuan stood up and looked at the emperor in surprise.

"A thousand Turkic cavalry raided Shan Yuduhufu, but was directly repelled by Xiao Siye." Li Zhi's expression became solemn.

Li Xuan was awe-struck and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, it's time for the Anbei Protectorate to retreat south." ”

"If the Anbei Protectorate is withdrawn, the imperial court will completely lose its right to govern Mobei." The emperor shook his head, disagreeing with Li Xuan's opinion.

Now it is only the Turkic tribe that is in turmoil, and there are more tribes in Mobei, such as Xue Yantuo and the like.

Once the Anbei Protectorate is evacuated, Datang will completely lose all control over the territory of the Anbei Protectorate.

"It's the minister's misconsideration." Li Xuan arched his hand and said: "The minister is just thinking, the Anbei Protectorate is here, so it is easy for the Turks to seize the Anbei Protectorate line, so as to easily judge the line of our army's attack, the grassland is vast, once the line is seized, there is a risk of being surrounded." ”

Li Zhi's brows furrowed instantly, he looked at Li Xuan and said, "I have ordered Shan Yu to send troops to Anbei to help the Anbei Protectorate guard. ”

"Please Your Majesty immediately order the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate to respond, if the time is a little late, there is a risk that the army will be swallowed up." Li Xuan's face turned awe-inspiring.

"Herald." Li Zhi immediately looked to the side, and a housekeeper had already rushed out.

At this time, Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If it weren't for the 27th Lang reminding, these 3,000 cavalry would be in danger of loss." ”

"This is the duty of the minister, but Your Majesty." Li Xuan bowed down and said seriously: "In today's grassland, when the Turks move, it is difficult for other tribes to feel at ease, once something happens, I am afraid that the entire grassland will be in danger of loss." ”

"If it is as Ling said, if you withdraw now, I'm afraid it's too late, not to mention, there are more tribes in the grassland that are close to the Tang Dynasty." Li Zhi shook his head.

Datang's power in Mobei must not be lost just like that.

"Then break it into pieces, let the entire Anbei Protectorate be turned into a dozen branches, and scatter among the close tribes, and then the main force of the Anbei Protectorate will withdraw into the mountains and stand by." Li Xuan insisted on the suggestion again.

The emperor frowned slightly, and thought about it.

Li Xuan continued to arch his hand and said: "Turning the whole into zero, although these seem to be virtual, but in fact they control all the close forces, as long as Mo Nan defeats, then immediately go north, you can regain control of this power, and then sweep the grassland." ”

Li Zhi nodded slowly, looked to the side, and said, "Messenger Army, let them study it immediately." ”

"Whoa!" One of the housekeepers immediately stood up, bowed his hand, and quickly left the herald.

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "I am really a little slack, I never thought that there would be so many crises in the grassland. ”

"Your Majesty is just distracted by the current matter, the matter of the grassland, with Wenxi County Duke at the border, it will not be a big problem." Li Xuan arched his hand, looking serious.

Li Zhi nodded, he agreed with Li Xuan's statement, with Pei Xingjian patrolling the border and commanding all the northern military forces, there would not be much of a problem.

……

"Okay, let's put aside the Turkic affairs for a while, how is the matter in Tibet?" The emperor's expression was solemn,

Li Xuan arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "At the beginning of the month, the minister burned Qamdo, and then the city of Qamdo was broken, and the ministers all submitted a detailed chapter. ”

"I know." Li Zhi nodded, and then asked: "It is said that the city of Qamdo is broken, what is the situation now, are there really only 60,000 of the thirteen people of Qamdo?" ”

"Your Majesty said with a smile, how could the minister burn sixty or seventy thousand Qamdo people to death with a fire." Li Xuan smiled bitterly, shook his head, and arched his hand: "Although Qamdo is a big fire, there are only more than 10,000 people who have been burned to death, and most of them are Qamdo defenders. ”

"There are only more than 10,000 defenders in Qamdo?" Li Zhi was a little stunned.

"Your Majesty." Li Xuan bowed his hand deeply, and said with a helpless face: "When the minister attacked the city, Qamdo had 40,000 troops, 20,000 Tubo, 14,000 Suvi people, 6,000 sheep and cavalry, and more than 70,000 people and slaves. ”

Thinking of the original battle, Li Xuan sighed lightly and said: "At that time, the slaves in the southwest of Qamdo set fire, fireworks and fireworks broke out, and even they themselves burned thousands of people. ”

After a slight pause, Li Xuan said: "Today's Qamdo, there are still more than 80,000 people. ”

"More than 80,000 people?" Li Zhi was shocked and asked: "How to solve the grain and grass of more than 80,000 people, I don't believe that Qinling has left you grain and grass." ”

"On Qinling, it is true that some grain and grass have been left, but it is not for the people, but for the soldiers, and this grain is enough for the soldiers to eat until the end of the year." Li Xuan arched his hand and said: "As for the people, the minister has already begun to form the Qamdo Guard, and then use the right guard of the small department to supervise and let them be responsible for transporting grain. ”

Seeing Li Zhi's doubts, Li Xuan whispered in surprise: "The minister has already sent the book to the central ......."

"I was so busy that I didn't have time to look at it." Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "You continue." ”

"Yes!" Li Xuan retracted his thoughts, and then continued: "The minister transferred the grain and grass of the original right guard to them, and only four or five people can eat one person's grain and grass, which is enough to last until the end of the year." ”

After a slight pause, Li Xuan followed and said: "The people of Shaofu have begun to enter the gold mine, and the gold mine has begun to be mined. There are also a lot of furs and medicinal herbs in Qamdo, which can be sent out of the Canglang River to Shuzhong in exchange for food. ”

"What is the loyalty of the Subian soldiers?" Li Zhi's eyes were on Li Xuan.

Li Xuan excitedly bowed his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister asked Queen Subi to promise in advance that Subi will implement the Tang system, and except for a few criminal slaves who must be retained, all others will be exempted from slavery."

He admired the Tang Dynasty, admired the Celestial Empire, and was willing to go to Chang'an to thank him, and the minister originally planned to organize a group of people to enter Beijing at the end of the year......"

"Okay, okay, I don't need these false courtesies." Li Zhi seemed to think of something, and his expression softened: "Let's talk about Tibet." ”

"Yes!" Li Xuan took a deep breath and arched his hand: "There is a narrow road in the southwest of Qamdo, which leads directly to the southeast of Tubo, and the minister has ordered Sun Renshi, the general of the Right Tun Guard, to lead the army forward, and it is not important how far the attack is, the important thing is to defend, so that Tubo will not have the opportunity to watch Qamdo again." ”

"Well, go ahead."

"Whoa!" Li Xuan's expression became solemn again: "Before taking Qamdo, the minister had already sent Qiu Zhenmu, the general of the right guard, and Li Duozuo, the general of the right leading guard, to lead the army to attack the Tanggula Mountain checkpoint. ”

Li Zhi nodded slightly, Li Xuan's strategy had already been explained in detail the last time he left Chang'an Dao.

I didn't expect it to work.

"Before the minister returned to the court, he had instructed Wang Xiaojie to continue to attack the fifth checkpoint, and the minister estimated that before winter, he should be able to win the fifth checkpoint." Li Xuan gave up.

"In this way, the Tubo people only have four checkpoints left in Tanggula Mountain." Li Zhi nodded slowly, and now Datang has an advantage in Tanggula Mountain.

"Yes!" Li Xuan bowed down and said, "In addition, the minister has already sent someone to detour Yangtong, climb the snow peak and cross the Tanggula Mountain, and contact the Zhangxiong tribes, thinking that there should be news in the near future." ”

Li Zhi sighed, shook his head, and said, "I shouldn't have transferred you back from the front line. ”

"Your Majesty, it's okay." Li Xuan said calmly: "Now that Subi has Zhang Gong and is safely settled, Tanggula Mountain has Wang Xiaojie and Heizhi Changzhi, as long as they don't rush in, then everything is worry-free, and the rest is next year's matter, whether the minister is there or not, it has nothing to do with the overall situation." ”

"That's fine." Li Zhi's expression was relaxed, and then he sighed and said: "Who would have thought that there would be such an incident in Luoyang, Dai Xiang suffered from heat stroke, and there were people in the East Palace who did treacherous things." ”

"Did that person find it, this person is sinister and should be killed." Li Xuan's expression was fierce.

The matter of using fake illness to murder the prime minister of the dynasty finally came to an end last year, and this year it happened to Dai Zhide again.

"No, people fled from the East Palace." Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Forget it, someone in the East Palace is investigating this matter, you don't have to worry about it, but since you are back, Twenty-Seven Lang, how about guarding the palace gate for a few days?" ”

"Commandment." Li Xuan did not hesitate to give up his hand, but immediately, he looked up blankly: "Your Majesty, isn't this the responsibility of the Duke of Guangping County?" ”

Zuo Jin Wuwei General Cheng Chubi, guarding the palace gate.

"Now, it's your business."

Li Zhi looked at the dazed Li Xuan and laughed.

(End of chapter)