"You have already said the strategy of cutting off food, I'm afraid the strategy of cutting off water is not good." Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan with some uncertainty.

"There is a river outside the city, and the groundwater is connected to the wells to bring the water into the city." Li Xuan arched his hand and said, "Therefore, except for poisoning the water, it is indeed difficult for ordinary means to affect the city. ”

"General means?" Li Zhi was a little curious and asked, "Do you have any other means?" ”

"Your Majesty, the so-called water is sufficient because the water that flows from the well in a day is enough for the people of the city to use for a day, and even to be rich." Li Xuan raised his head, pursed his lips, and said, "But if the water flowing out of the well is not enough for the people in the city, then it will naturally have the effect of cutting off the water." ”

"How?"

"Two means." Li Xuan smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "One is arson, there are a large number of wooden houses in the south and west of the city, so you only need to set these wooden houses on fire, so using well water to extinguish the fire will naturally have a lot of consumption." ”

"You're not going to burn some of them directly, but you're going to keep consuming their water." Li Zhi had thoroughly understood Li Xuan's methods.

The other is to cut off the rivers and all the rivers in the vicinity, directly upstream, so that there will be much less water flowing from the ground into the city. In this way, use more and enter less, and after a long time, there will be a natural shortage of water. ”

Li Zhi suddenly felt a little uneasy, because Li Xuan's method was actually just as suitable for Chang'an City.

Looking at Li Xuan, who was sincere and respectful in front of him, the thoughts that flashed in his mind just now disappeared without a trace in an instant, Li Zhi nodded and said, "Go on." ”

"Whoa!" Li Xuan arched his hand and said seriously: "The strategy of cutting off water and food takes a lot of time, so roughly around the beginning of autumn, the two will break out one after another, but it is difficult to say who will come first and who will come later." ”

"All that's left is to separate people's hearts." Li Zhi sat up straight, stared at Li Xuan, and asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Back then, Cao Mengde lobbied Sun Quan in Jiangnan, and Lu Su said that anyone in Eastern Wu could surrender, but Sun Quan could not surrender." Li Xuan stood up slightly straight, and said seriously: "Therefore, the minister intends to do the opposite, giving priority to persuading Tubo Zanpu Chidu Songtsan and his mother to have no Lu clan, as for the other ministers, they will not mention it at all for the time being." ”

"You know, this shouldn't convince the Chidu Songtsan and the Lu family, so after that, you still have to go to the courtiers, and then the other party thinks that they will grasp your weakness and ask for a higher price, not to mention, but also think that you are weak and more determined to resist the Tang Dynasty." Li Zhi seems to have seen through the future development of the situation.

Li Xuan arched his hand and said, "The ministers will not go to the courtiers of various families, because they can't wait for that time." ”

Li Zhi looked slightly stunned, and then asked, "How do you say it?" ”

"Your Majesty may not know that since the death of Qin Ling and Zanxiruo, the close families of the Gar family in Luo have either been wiped out or voted for the Lu family, and now the Luo family has integrated all the noble families together, which cannot be said to be rock-solid, but it is also difficult to shake." Li Xuan looked emotional.

In Luo, the Lu clan completely controlled the situation through a bloodbath.

It is not easy to shake the hearts of the people.

"You go on." Li Zhi's face became solemn.

"Therefore, the ministers need His Majesty to lure the Lu clan and Chidu Songtsan to open higher, but for the Tubo courtiers, it is as low as possible, and there will always be people who are dissatisfied." Li Xuan's words made Li Zhi instantly understand that this so-called surrender decree was just an introduction.

When this introduction appears in people's hearts, its mission is accomplished.

"Go on."

"After all, Tibet is the way of governance of large and small states, and whether a minister can stand firm in Luo depends on the strength of their own states." Li Xuan bowed slightly and said, "The reason why the Gar family can become the top family in Tubo is because the Gar family has a strong enough heritage. ”

The emperor nodded slightly, he already understood what Li Xuan was going to say next.

"Therefore, those are the backbone nobles of Tubo who can speak in front of the Lu clan, find his state, and destroy it, and the minister believes that the Blunzan Blade will complete this task perfectly." A trace of ruthlessness flashed in the depths of Li Xuan's eyes.

Li Zhi waved his hand and motioned for Li Xuan to continue.

"But if at this time, Your Majesty will issue another holy decree against the Lu clan and the Brunzan Blade, and the hearts of the people will be truly shaken." Li Xuan arched his hand and said: "But this is not enough, similar things have come again and again, Your Majesty's reward for the Lu clan is getting higher and higher, but it just so happens that the city is cut off from water and food, there are no reinforcements, under the deep despair, the people riot, at this time, it is the time to break the city." ”

"Good, great good." Li Zhi raised his head and nodded in approval with a satisfied expression.

"This is actually more, it still depends on the siege equipment built by Wei Shaofu, but Wei Shaofu has really worked a lot in Naqu this time." Li Xuan sighed.

Li Zhi smiled, waved his hand and said, "Okay, I will remember his affairs, and after winning Luo, there will be a reward." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Xuan gave it up seriously.

"What you just said, I believe that next autumn, Luo will definitely be able to break through, and after that, it will be the matter of sending Tubo Zampu to Chang'an." Li Zhi's thoughts were in a trance for a while, and then he came back to his senses and said: "After that, Tubo is stable." ”

Sensing Li Zhi's gaze, Li Xuan bowed down again and said: "Tubo is stable, in fact, there are only three problems: one is to attack Zhangxiong in the west, and then collude with the Western Regions, and the other is to go south to Tianzhu and consolidate the southeast; The third is to turn the entire Tubo into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, household registration, acres of land, immigration, Tang law, and officials, the things required are extremely complicated, and the troops are also very large, and the time is also long, and then it needs a lot of support from the DPRK and the central government. ”

Li Xuan bowed heavily, and his face showed great embarrassment, even when Li Zhi heard what Li Xuan said, he also had a headache for a while.

"You go back and get these slowly, don't worry, anyway, there is time." Li Zhi has already left the matter behind in a word.

Li Xuan could only arch his hand and say, "Oh! ”

Li Zhi brought a happy smile on his face and said, "Do you know about Taiping's eighth wedding at the beginning of next year?" ”

"Yes, the minister has read the newspaper of the court."

"Next year, you'll leave after the fifteenth." Li Zhi groaned slightly, and then said: "Taiping once asked for an official for Xue Shao, and after the scientific examination, I will transfer him to the East Palace, what do you think?" ”

Li Xuan immediately understood that Li Zhi was worried that Xue Shao would be a little unrestrained after he was appointed as a member of the East Palace.

Back then, the crown prince Li Chengqian was instigated by Du He, the husband of Princess Chengyang, and others, and finally rebelled.

It was at that time that Princess Chengyang was sentenced to reconcile with Du He, and then married Xue Qian and had three Xue Shao brothers.

Teaching the prince and the princess, Li Xuan knew that he was now teaching the horse again.

With a slight sigh, Li Xuan spoke: "Your Majesty, Xue Xiang is now inspecting the prince Zuo Shuzi, and he is not in the East Palace many times, it is better for Xue Shao to be appointed as the Zuo Chunfang Si Zhilang of the East Palace, and serve under Xue Xiang, so that he is responsible for the transmission of news between Zhongshu Province and the East Palace. ”

The head of the prince's Zuo Chunfang is the prince's left concubine, followed by the prince's Zuo Zhongyun, the prince's left praise doctor, and the prince's Si Zhilang.

After Li Zhi pondered it a little, he could smell Li Xuan's multiple calculations in this.

What he really values is the delivery of the message.

As Xue Shao's concubine and the prime minister's nephew, it is not difficult to listen to the secrets of Zhongshu Province, but how to report to the prince is difficult, which is an extreme test of people's ability.

Even before that, whether or not he could hear the secrets of Zhongshu Province could see how much Xue Shao's ability was.

Datang's horses are never empty shelves, although it is said that they cannot be prime ministers, but there are not a few who can be assassins and governors.

However, where Xue Shao will go in the future depends on how much ability he can show.

That is, Li Xuan is often not in Chang'an, otherwise, the emperor would have to arrange a few things and borrow Li Xuan's hand to polish him, but he is the husband of his favorite daughter.

"I'll consider it." Li Zhi nodded, and then said: "Let's go to the East Palace to take a look at the prince first, the prince was still satisfied with his performance when he hunted last spring." ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhi laughed, Li Xian is his son after all, although he seems to have a somewhat wandering temperament, but at the critical moment, he is still very decisive.

"Whoa!" Li Xuan arched his hand, bowed heavily and said, "The minister retreats." ”

Li Zhi waved his hand, watched Li Xuan retreat and leave the Zichen Palace, and finally smiled lightly.

Thinking of what he said about the difficulty of Tubo here, Li Zhi was a little funny at the same time, but also had a headache.

After all, Tibet is newly opened, and although it is not easy to expand its territory, it takes ten years to govern stability and the people to work in peace.

And it is even more difficult for the successor to be able to continue to be stable.

Li Xuan, the general manager of the Dao, so what about after that?

Li Zhi began to think.

Li Xuan will serve in Logos for a maximum of five years, and after five years, he will be transferred to another position.

was transferred back to serve two terms as Taichang Siqing, and then as a two-term secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but it was only twenty years, and he was not yet fifty years old at that time.

There needs to be a transition in between.

The emperor stood up, walked to the west side of the palace wall, and looked at the map of the Tang Dynasty on it.

The emperor's eyes fell on Yangzhou, the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and then he turned to Yizhou, the Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Yizhou moved westward, if there was no accident, then Li Xuan would not have to return to Tibet, and if there was an accident, let him go back to stay for the next two terms.

Continuing to move west, the emperor's eyes fell on the Western Regions, and Anxi was the capital of Anxi, which was also a choice.

Finally, the emperor looked at the steppe.

Compared with Tibet, the Turks are the henchmen of the Tang Dynasty.

Once something happens in the grassland, the threat will immediately approach Chang'an, so if there is something in the grassland in the future, it is not impossible to transfer him to the capital of Anbei.

After two terms, he became the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

After the Ministry of Rites, he was a left-hand rider and a right-hand servant in the East Palace.

If you have something to do to kill the enemy, you can listen to the music in Chang'an.

Thinking of Li Xuan's vague statements in the past few years, Li Zhi's heart was full of emotion.

He knew that Li Xuan had the intention of being the prime minister.

But when the clan is the prime minister, not only the emperor will not agree, but also the world's families, the government and the opposition, will not agree.

However, with the relationship between Li Xuan and Li Xian, when he was in the court, Li Xian would ask him about anything, and there was not much difference between him and the prime minister.

It's just that there is no decision-making power in doing things.

Such a person must be arranged in the DPRK and China.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi's mind flashed the figure of Yang Xiong, the former king of the Sui Dynasty.

Former Sui Zuowei General, Zong Zhengqing, Sikong, Prince Taifu, Jing Zhaoyin, Pouring River Chief, Inspector Zuo Yiwei General.

Conquered Tuyuhun and Goguryeo, and finally died of illness before the army, posthumously presented Situ.

If Yang Xiong doesn't die, Yang Guang's country will not end so easily.

Even Yang Guang said: "The virtue of the king is higher than that of the ordinary, and the virtue is more than that of the people. ”

Li Zhi believes that if Li Xian uses Li Xuan well, he can also get a "virtue" reputation.

But when it is time to take precautions, it is also necessary to take precautions, Taichang Siqing, the Ministry of Rites, he must do it for ten years.

Turning around, Li Zhi walked towards the imperial case, and just after taking two steps, Li Zhi couldn't help but hiss: "Hiss! ”

"Your Majesty." The palace people, maids, and housekeepers around them all knelt down in fright.

Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "I'm a little cramped, just let Shang Pharmacy prescribe some medicine." ”

"Whoa!" A palace man had already left quickly.

Only a hint of gloom flashed in the depths of Li Zhi's eyes.

Although his leg often hurts in the winter, this year ...... It's a little too much.

(End of chapter)