The sound of "whooshing" rain resounded between heaven and earth.

The lanterns on the surrounding walls illuminate the way forward.

Li Xian held an umbrella in his hand, walked in the palace road, and looked up at Li Xuan: "Uncle Wang, why did my father agree to Ashina Nishulu to become the real Khan of the eastern grassland?"

Aren't you afraid that he, or his descendants, will unify the whole steppe? ”

"Although the Eastern Turks now have 24 state tribes, the division is still the old foundation of Jieli and Turki." Li Xuan said as he walked: "The old department of Tuli is weak, and the old department of Jieli is strong, and it has always been like this...... For decades, the DPRK has used various means to support the old Turki ministry and suppress the old Jieli ministry,"

Helping the weak and resisting the strong is the law of Datang for the governance of the grassland.

After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "Up to now, the contradiction between the two is very deep, and now the re-establishment of the post-Turkic Khanate seems to be bridged, but with a little pressure, it is easy to conflict. ”

"The army is tired, you win and I lose, you are strong and I am weak, plus I have been grudging for a long time, if I don't pay attention to it, as soon as there is a conflict, there will be a bloody fire immediately, so it is most beneficial to the Tang Dynasty to take Ashina Nishu, the grandson of Tuli, as the khan." Su Liangsi followed aside, and sighed softly: "Everyone in the world says that the mountain will make a comeback, but in the end, there are a few people who can make a comeback. ”

Ashina Nishu was re-established as a Turkic Khan, the remnant of the Turks, and finally regained its old glory.

"But the ultimate goal is to completely kill the ambitions of the Turks." Li Xuan turned sideways, arched his hand at Su Liangsi, and said: "The Monan Grassland, almost all of them are Turkic people, and they are always related to each other, but if other tribes are placed in the middle, it seems to ease the contradictions, but in fact, the relationship between the Eastern and Western Turks is also estranged. ”

"It's after the war." Xue Yuanchao stood on the other side, holding a bamboo umbrella, walking in the wind and rain, and said lightly: "Your Majesty is thinking about the long-term peace and stability of the Turks, lest in a few years, the Turks will have another war against the Tang Dynasty." ”

"The problem of the Turks is in the hearts of the people." Li Xuan answered, looked at Li Xiandao: "The Turks have millions of people, Jieli and Tuli were defeated that year, and finally attached to the Tang Dynasty, and were divided into Mo Nan and Mo Bei, and Mo Nan was divided into twenty-four states to govern, and there was no lack of methods to win over and provoke in the middle, but fifty years later, the Turks still rose to the heart of the country, just because they were too stable. ”

Although Datang also instigated, punished and exterminated the clan, after decades of stability on the grassland, there was much less fear of Datang.

As soon as a careerist rises, there will be turmoil in the hearts of the people, and this is the Turkic situation today.

"Now that his heart is rising, if he wants to suppress it, he has to use heavy means to kill someone well." Xue Yuan overtook Li Xian and looked at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan nodded, indeed, only by making the Turks realize the tragic consequences of their actions against the Tang Dynasty, then they would miss the peaceful period under the Tang Dynasty.

Li Xuan turned his head to look at Xue Yuanchao: "But killing is only a preliminary method, even if the Tang Dynasty is strong, at most 100,000 people can be killed on the battlefield, but there are three or four hundred thousand Turkic warriors, once others surrender, it will be difficult for me to kill them, in this case, let the fighting within the grassland become heavier and heavier, until the conflict is difficult to suppress, it is best to no longer have the name of Turkic." ”

After the resurgence of the Turks, the whole Tang Dynasty is reflecting on what has gone wrong with the Turkic policy in the past few decades.

In the past few years, half of the Western Turks were in turmoil, colluding with Tibet, and now it is the Eastern Turkic cavalry, attacking the frontier.

Although the Tang Dynasty was stronger than the Turks, it could not withstand such a perennial campaign.

Therefore, the complete pacification of the Turks is an issue that people with good intentions are discussing together.

"There is no longer the name of Turkic, and naturally there will be no more restoration of the country." Xue Yuanchao nodded at Li Xuan and said, "Lord Wang's method is quite fundamental. ”

Li Xuan bowed slightly to Xue Yuanchao, then looked at Li Xian and said, "Take your time, when you return to the East Palace today, Your Highness still needs to have a deeper understanding of the Turkic tribes." ”

"Yes!" Li Xian nodded seriously, and finally had a clear understanding of today's grassland situation and future grassland governance.

In the wind and rain, everyone slowed down.

Under the palace gate, a figure had just walked out from under the Danfeng Gate, and this person was Pei Yan.

Pei Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is also the younger brother of Pei Xingjian, the secretary of Wenxi County and the Ministry of War.

The book of the criminal department, the doctor of Yinqing Guanglu Pei Yan.

……

The last rainstorm in late autumn has completely stopped.

Li Xuan sat behind the carriage and rested with her eyes closed against the frame.

Now that the Turkic war has started, indeed, because Pei Xingjian is on the front line, there is no need to worry about the risk of defeat.

It is nothing more than to be cautious, make up for mistakes, and minimize the impact of Turkic turmoil on Datang.

However, the results of this war may only stop at this war, and if the Turks can really be decided by one war, there will be no turmoil that has lasted for decades after the Turks......

"Phew!" With a soft shout, the carriage and horses outside had stopped.

Li Xuan leaned sideways and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Lord Wang, there are two trucks colliding, blocking the road, and you can't cross for a while, do you want to turn around?" Li Zhu asked in a low voice.

"No need, just wait." Li Xuan took a deep breath and sat up straight.

At this moment, there was another sound of carriages behind him.

Li Zhu came to the door of the car and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, it's Pei Shangshu of the Criminal Department." ”

"Got it." Li Xuan's expression became solemn.

This is Chang'an, with a wide long street.

Even after the rain, how can they collide and block the streets.

Apparently someone deliberately designed it.

This person is none other than Pei Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

Although he behaved very normally when he was in Zichen Hall today, the others didn't care about the turmoil in his heart.

But for Li Xuan, who has been studying for a long time, he understands that the most uneasy person in the entire court is Pei Yan now.

……

After cleaning up a little, Li Xuan lifted the curtain and stood on the long street after the rain.

Not far ahead, two wagons with heavy straw bags toppled for unknown reasons.

The goods on it were spilled all over the ground.

Everyone around frantically picked up the goods, but the speed was very slow.

Li Xuan looked at Li Zhu and said, "You all come forward and help clear the road." ”

"Whoa!" Li Zhu immediately gave up.

At this time, Pei Yan's voice also came from behind Li Xuan: "Everyone is going to help." ”

"Whoa!" A group of guards complied, and headed forward.

Li Xuan turned around, looked at Pei Yan who came over, and took the lead in arching his hand: "Xuan has seen uncle." ”

"The prince is polite." Pei Yan nodded gently, and asked at the same time, "Tong'er is about to give birth now, right?" ”

"It should be this month." Li Xuan's face showed a hint of warmth.

Pei Shitong and Liu Jinyu, Koji Douer are almost pregnant one after another.

I was pregnant in October, and now it's October, and the time can't be said to be on a certain day in October.

Pei Yan and Pei Shitong's father, Pei Qizhe, are considered to be the same generation, so Li Xuan calls him uncle.

"But if there is a need, the prince will say hello." After Pei Yan finished speaking, he patted his forehead and said, "Pei forgot that the prince is a master of medicine in the world." ”

"Uncle said with a smile, Xuan's little means can't be on the stage much." With a wry smile on his face, Li Xuan said: "Besides, if you care, you will be chaotic, and Xuan doesn't know what will happen in the end." ”

Pei Yan nodded, his face became worried, he looked at the northwest, and said softly: "The Turks are fighting, and the soldiers are in danger!" ”

Li Xuan nodded approvingly: "Although there is Wenxi County Duke in the Northland, there are obviously capable people in the Turks, and there are few people in the world who can ruthlessly take the lives of so many Turks to train troops." ”

Now the Turks are anti-Tang, claiming to have 300,000 people, but in fact there are only 100,000 people, and the vast majority of them are recruits who have not experienced bloody battles.

If you change to a soft-hearted one, gather all the Turkic cavalry together, take the ancient city in the clouds as the key point of contention, and compete with each other in the grassland with the Tang Dynasty, and keep fighting, you can always kill a group of elite soldiers, but in this way, the leader needs to have a very high prestige in order to control and withstand such a large number of casualties.

However, in today's post-Turkic interior, Ashina Nishulu is a puppet khan, and Ashina Wenfu is also pushed onto the chessboard as a pawn of the king's pioneer.

The real heroes of the steppe are hiding behind them, so there is no way to stand up and command the army.

Therefore, let the various departments of the grassland fight with the Tang Dynasty, and the elite soldiers who come down after the fight will be collected by them.

These people are the real enemies of Datang in the future.

……

Pei Yan glanced at Li Xuan in surprise and said, "Zuo Xiang said that the prince has the talent of a soldier in the army, and sure enough." ”

Li Xuan smiled and arched his hand: "Xuan is just talking on paper." ”

Pei Yan shook his head and said: "The prince's eyes are vicious, otherwise there would be no victory of Subi Yangtong, although the people are in Beijing now, the battle of Tanggula Mountain is steadily advancing." ”

Li Xuan's face changed slightly, he is still the governor of Changzhou, and the head of the marching army.

It's just because of the change of the crown prince, as a clan, that the leader of the troops was suspicious outside, so he was temporarily transferred back.

But even so, the state affairs of Changzhou, as well as the military situation on the front line, he controlled it every day through the Changzhou Jinju Academy.

But in the eyes of many people, Li Xuan's most important identity is the prince Shaozhan Shi, a close minister of the prince, but he ignores that he was originally a feudal official.

This was done deliberately by Li Xuan, but I didn't expect that there were still people staring.

Li Xuan sighed lightly and said: "Uncle doesn't know that the reason why Xuan is staying in the court now is because the Duke of Wenxi County, the Duke of Pingyang County, and the Duke of Pingyuan County are not in the court. ”

Pei Yan suddenly fell silent.

Li Xuan's words, he couldn't refute.

Nowadays, there are actually many generals in Beijing, such as Liu Renliang, the prince of Lecheng County, Li Jingjia, the king of Beiping County, the public Cheng of Guangping County, and Liu Xianli, the prince of Pengcheng County, all of whom have a lot of experience in the battle.

But if it was the emperor's turn to reassure the emperor, it was Li Xuan.

After all, he has been out of office for many years, and he has repeatedly won more with less, and now he has broken through Yangtong and Subi, broken the plateau barrier, and the Tang Dynasty has few functions compared to him.

Wenxi County Gong Pei Xingjian led the army on the front line, Pingyang County Gong Xue Rengui was in Daizhou, stable Yunshuo, Pingyuan County Gong Gao Kan was in Youji, and Zhenjun Hebei.

Others, such as Wang Xiaojie, Li Jinxing, Heizhi Changzhi and others, are all in front of the army.

If in case, the front of the army collapsed, the emperor did not hesitate, and immediately used Li Xuan as the front general of the army.

Of course, the commander of the army at that time would be Liu Renliang.

Other generals will use Li Xuan as the core to develop military strength.

This is the emperor's preparation for the front line.

……

Pei Yan nodded, looked at the road that was gradually moved away, and said softly: "Then the prince thinks, when will the county prince of Wenxi be able to win a big victory and return to the dynasty?" ”

Li Xuan's breath was solemn, and what Pei Yan asked was not just a question, it was Li Xuan's entire position.

Pei Yan, Pei Xingjian.

Although one is a horse pei and the other is a middle family Pei, they are brothers of the same clan after all.

If the two of them can serve as Shangshu in the court, they are already emperors, but they will definitely not let the two of them serve as prime ministers together.

In that case, it is definitely not the emperor who is really annoyed, but the world family of the Manchu Dynasty.

Therefore, only one of the two can be the prime minister.

One becomes the prime minister, and the other can only be blocked halfway.

The one in front can't retreat, and the one in the back doesn't want to come up.

Never think about it.

But Pei Yan didn't want to retreat, he wanted to fight.

and Pei Xingjian, who had just won a big victory from the front line and returned to the dynasty.

(End of chapter)