"Well, in addition to this matter, Erchen has another matter to discuss with your father." Li Ke spoke again.

"What's the matter?" Li Shimin asked indifferently.

"It's about Tuyuhun." Li Ke said.

"Get out, Lao Tzu finally came over to rest here with your mother, and you still bother me with things." Li Shimin scolded directly.

"Yes, yes, that son is gone, I still have a way to make Datang expand its territory. The retainers retired. Li Ke nodded directly and bowed to leave, and the process was called smooth.

"Come back!" Li Shimin was almost by Li Ke, can't you say something well?!

"Okay, okay, Erlang, go talk to Ke'er, I'm fine here, and this illness is not a day or two. I'm fine. Empress Changsun watched the two men arguing, did not interrupt but said with a smile, in fact, she likes to watch such a scene, but unfortunately, whether it is Cheng Qian or Li Tai, they do not have the courage to talk to Li Shimin like this.

Li Zhi's kid is also timid now, not as good as his sister.

"Okay, then Guanyin, you have a good rest." Li Shimin thought about it, this is indeed not a place to talk, and Guanyin has never participated in court politics.

Coming out of the Lizheng Palace, Li Shimin looked outside and said, "Let's go, go back to the Liangyi Palace." ”

Li Ke did not object, the Lizheng Hall is located on the left side of the Liangyi Palace, east, coming out of the west gate of the Lizheng Palace, the two of them walked towards the Liangyi Palace, Li Shimin asked: "Tuyuhun, have you heard any news again?" ”

"No, father, you haven't received the news, where did I get the news, but on behalf of the Duke of the Kingdom, and with the assistance of Hou Junji, Li Daozong and others, it is not a big problem to take down Murong Fuyun." Li Ke said very casually, Datang's prestige is also typed, so Li Ke will not arouse suspicion when he says this.

"You have faith." Li Shimin shook his head, "But the current situation is not a big problem, it depends on whether we can catch Murong Fuyun." ”

After entering the Liangyi Palace, Chang Lin made a cup of tea for each of them.

"Speaking of which, you have made a good job of this tea, and if you have a good one in the future, you will send more to the palace. Say whatever you want. Li Shimin took a sip of tea, and then said, the current tea is obviously more in line with his taste.

"Yes, I see. Dad, I want to do a business with you. Li Ke said with a smile.

"Business?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and looked at it a little strangely, "Is it the business I understand?" ”

"You can understand it this way, you have to get involved in this business, otherwise others will not dare to do it, and there will definitely be Hou Junji, or Li Daozong and other generals in the future." Li Ke said with a smile.

"Tell me more." Li Shimin became interested.

"Dad, although the battle situation is still unclear, Erchen boldly guesses, even if we defeat Tuyuhun, in fact, the last person to rule Tuyuhun may still be Murong Fuyun's son, or his brother and other Tuyuhun leaders, right?" Li Ke asked.

"Yes." Li Shimin paused, and then said helplessly, this is also the helpless place of the Tang Dynasty, the garrison costs a lot, and it is really impossible to station, only in more key areas such as the Hexi Corridor, and there can be some land enough to grow grain to have the opportunity to garrison.

Places such as Tuyuhun are dominated by grasslands, and there is almost no arable land, and there is no place for them to garrison troops.

"What if Erchen has a way to let us garrison 500,000 to 100,000 elite soldiers near the Tuyuhun Royal Court, and it doesn't cost the imperial court any funds, and it may even bring income to the imperial court?" Li Ke asked with a smile.

"Is that true?!" Li Shimin was surprised and delighted, sat up straight and spoke.

"Seriously, this is the business that Erchen wants to tell you!" Li Ke said with a smile.

"Good! If you have something to say, your prince will change the title for you in two days! Li Shimin waved his hand and said with some joy.

"Dad, if we have the opportunity to garrison 50,000 to 100,000 elites, can the entire Tuyuhun territory be divided into the territory of the Tang Dynasty?!" Li Ke said with a smile.

"Absolutely! For example, Tuyuhun, the former Jieli and other territories of the Eastern Turks, the biggest problem is that they cannot garrison troops! The peoples on the steppe are mainly nomadic, they can't settle in one place for a long time, they chase the pasture for a living, the population of Tuyuhun is not large, the grassland is not as good as the Hetao of the Eastern Turks, Jiuyuan and other places are rich in water and grass, but for us, the garrison of the army is still a problem! Li Shimin was a little helpless.

"Once we have enough ways to garrison the army, the 50,000 army is enough to radiate the entire Tuyuhun, not only that, but Tubo on the south side can be deterred by us, for example, the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions will be under our direct deterrence, once Guiqi U Zici dared to speak disrespectfully to my Tang Dynasty, and the matter of Fu Jiezi of the Han Dynasty can be made to happen in Qiuzi!" Li Shimin said viciously.

Li Ke knows, or he will call himself a Han in later generations, of course Li Ke knows the deeds of Fu Jiezi, Fu Jiezi is a famous diplomat in the Western Han Dynasty, what did he do? At that time, Loulan, Qiuci and other countries had always been the grass on the wall, oscillating between the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty.

And Loulan also did the thing of killing the Han envoy and looting property, Fu Jiezi invited himself to bring gold brocade to Loulan, and then he directly drew his sword and killed King Loulan at the banquet where King Loulan invited him! Killing is not counted, he said directly in front of the son of the king of Loulan: "The Han army is here, don't dare to move, if you move, you will destroy the country!" ”

It's so awesome, Loulan really didn't dare to move at that time.

In fact, the later generations of the Tang Dynasty did almost the same, and the later king Xuan Ce was able to destroy Tianzhu and a country by himself, which was almost the same as what Fu Jiezi of the Han Dynasty did, relying on the Han Dynasty, the powerful national strength of the Tang Dynasty! Including Guo Xin, the later generation of the Tang Dynasty, who guarded in today's Qiuzi country, is a lonely city for thousands of miles, and the city is full of white-haired soldiers, does it rely on their combat effectiveness? There may be, but more of it is the strength of the Tang Dynasty that was once strong and swept across the Western Regions.

These countries are afraid that killing these people will incur retaliation from the Tang Dynasty, after all, no one knows history.

So Li Shimin's thoughts are easy to understand.

The countries of the Western Regions are actually not strong, and the Anxi Army, the most powerful combat power of the Tang Dynasty, has no more than 30,000 standing troops in the later period, although they are all elite, but the territory of deterrence exceeds more than 3 million square kilometers.

What is the concept of being able to station 50,000 to 100,000 elite soldiers here in Tuyuhun, Li Shimin knows better than Li Ke!

"Then this business is about to be done, in fact, the most important place for this business is located in the Red Sea, less than 100 miles southwest of Qinghai in Tuyuhun Wangting! This is a natural salt lake! As long as you have entered the refined salt production method of the craftsmen of Erchen, it can produce more than 50,000 stone of salt per month, and it is all fine salt that is better than the salt you eat now! ”

"If it is operated in the way of Erchen, its annual profit can reach about 2 million." Li Ke said with a smile.

"Is that true?!" Li Shimin's whole person was excited, two million yuan of profit? Don't say 2 million guan, if 50,000 elites are stationed and don't fight, the annual cost is about 100,000 guan, considering that Tuyuhun is relatively far away, this number plus 50,000 guan is enough.

"Seriously!" Li Ke smiled and said, "So Erchen's idea is that this business is calculated according to ten percent, Li Shiji's performance is twenty percent, Erchen is twenty percent, and the remaining sixty percent is left for the local garrison to be thirty percent, and thirty percent is reserved for your father." ”