A few days later, with Chu Nanhuai's master and apprentice, Li Ye successfully received the Lingnan Water Master. Of course, the first person to meet was the great monk who was exploring the path in the opposing team.

With Li Ye's route map to the Lingnan Sailor, as well as his Emperor's Eye, it is a little difficult for the Lingnan Sailor to get lost, as long as the general direction is not wrong, he really can't go into the deep sea.

After establishing a good route and completing the first mission, this part of the Lingnan Naval Division, which communicates with the Americas, will be renamed, and the name is also ready-made, the Far Eastern Fleet. After all, for Datang, this is a route to sail to the far east.

For the Tang people, America is the Far East, and realizing this, Li Ye also laughed at himself. In his memory, the Far East could refer to the East of Asia.

In the next errand, Li Ye did not participate in the specific situation, and after letting Yang Xingmi and Chu Nanhuai discuss, he should be the shopkeeper and only decide the part of the outline.

The rest of the things are not complicated, but they will be very busy to do, but with the aborigines to drive, the accumulation of cultivation resources will be very fast. After the Great Monk who did not have the strength of the True Human Realm, the aborigines here could only become laborers.

Compared with the vast world of the Americas, there are too few aborigines here, and the people of the northern and southern continents combined are not as large as the population of the three Chang'an cities.

According to Li Ye's arrangement, the Far East Fleet will leave a part of the monks and soldiers behind this time to help Chu Nanhuai's master and apprentice control the aborigines and initially achieve local stability.

When the fleet comes for the second time, in addition to continuing to transport some soldiers, it will also bring a large number of officials and monks who are good at mountain and river resource exploration, and establish the rule of the Tang Dynasty here.

Driven by the aborigines, Li Ye's strategy is also very simple, he will definitely not be polite in the first few years, and he will mainly focus on iron and blood. After all, the Far East Fleet has little time, and it must quickly bring back a large amount of resources, improve the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, and ensure the next battle in the Western Regions.

In addition, this is also the need to boil the aboriginal character and lay the foundation for future education.

After three or five years, the aborigines will be honest and obedient, and the Tang army will no longer easily kill people here. After that, the aborigines were gradually given household registration in the Tang Dynasty, so that they could also enjoy the huge benefits brought by the development of the mainland, until they completely became Tang people.

At the same time, the Haihe Yamen is also stepping up the manufacture of sea-going warships, and the scale of the Far Eastern Fleet must be expanded as soon as possible.

After returning to Chang'an, Li Ye was not too leisurely.

Not to mention the rapid development of the Tang Xiuzhen civilization, there will inevitably be a lot of twists and turns that need to be reviewed, and there are many affairs in the grassland, Andong, and Zhendong.

Li Zhen and Cui Keli were so busy that they had already begun to call for the expansion of the three provinces and six ministries, and the establishment of special official offices to deal with overseas affairs, including the Andong and Zhendong prefectures.

Li Ye naturally agrees with this, this is the case when the stall is big, and it will be very troublesome to manage.

The Mayans did not have this concern, there were so many aborigines, and they were scattered in various places and cities, and they were not subordinate to each other, and they were hostile to each other.

A ruler lives with tens of millions of people, and a temple is enough to manage, and it is strange that a scientific and efficient military and political system can be formed, and excellent wisdom, ideology, and military and political civilization can be produced.

"Zhang Changan, this kid looks quite steady, why did he cause such a big trouble for himself?" Li Ye put down the fold in his hand, feeling a little ridiculous, and asked Li Zhen, who was standing in the hall.

Li Zhen also felt that this matter was a little incredible, it stands to reason that a young man who has ideas about his career is impossible to refuse the family affairs of the Zuo Shilang family of the Ministry of War, "The minister is not too clear, he only knows that the things on the excerpt did happen, Zhang Changan refused the family affairs arranged by the family, so he offended Qian Shilang, today."

The official rating of the year is medium. ”

When he was in Hexi, Li Ye had a good impression of Zhang Changan, coupled with the other party's performance in the battle of Huairong, Li Ye still had high hopes for him, but he didn't expect such an oolong to make trouble now.

This recital was submitted by the Imperial Historical Observatory, and the original intention was to impeach the Zuo Shilang of the Military Department for abusing his power, although there is no evidence, but Zhang Changan was indeed suppressed - it was the duty of the Imperial Historical Observatory to hear about it.

Waving his hand and signaling Li Zhen to retreat, Li Ye activated the Eye of the Emperor and observed Zhang Changan's current situation for a while. It's a pity that the eye of the emperor can only see the present, can't see the past, and can't see the future, so there is nothing special to discover.

"Ordered the Tsing Yi Yamen to investigate the matter of this recital. Li Ye called a eunuch, handed the fold to the other party, and asked him to pass on his will.

If Zhang Changan really did not do well in the grassland state, he could only get a moderate official evaluation, and if he was really used by Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War to let his colleagues deliberately suppress Zhang Changan, Li Ye would naturally punish those who abused their power.

However, if Zhang Changan really gave up his good future for the sake of a shepherdess, this kind of behavior of not considering the consequences and not wanting to make progress is simply an outlier among the enterprising Tang people, Li Ye will definitely ...... Appreciated.

A few days later, the results of the investigation of the Tsing Yi Yamen were obtained, and Song Jiao came to report in person.

"Don't say it, Zhang Changan, this kid is a bit bloody, he just didn't look down on Qian Shilang's daughter. This was said by Chu Zheng's kid himself, when he was training new riders on the grassland for half a year, he happened to witness the whole process of this incident. ”

Song Jiao said with great interest, in today's Tang Dynasty, she is one of the few people who can maintain her consistent demeanor in front of Li Ye, except for King Qi.

"I investigated the tribe and knew very well that the girl in Gesang liked Zhang Changan, but although Zhang Changan was also good to Gesang, he had never entered the other party's tent at night, according to the shepherd's words, this meant nothing.

However, after Zhang Chang'an returned from the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, the situation was significantly different, and the herdsmen said that they often saw the two in pairs now. ”

After listening to Song Jiao's statement, Li Ye had a complete understanding of the matter. To say that Zhang Changan doesn't like Gesang, it is obviously nonsense, otherwise, he will definitely not refuse the family matter, but maybe he didn't realize it before.

Coupled with a little young man's blood and strength, and only after making miraculous achievements in Huairong, it is inevitable that he will be full of spirit, at this juncture, he is unwilling to succumb to the powerful and rely on women in exchange for the rank of advancement, and he believes that he can fight for a piece of heaven by relying on his own strength, which is also human nature.

Zhang Changan's performance in this matter cannot be said to be right or wrong, but can only be said to be a choice.

Personal choice.

Breaking the eyebrows and bending the waist is the powerful, although it is beneficial to do nothing, insist on their own style, stick to their pride, and do it although it is not profitable.

"Before that, I thought that Zhang Changan, a kid who could be of great use, had good talent, a tough temperament, was bold and careful, and had good talents. The future Datang will inevitably control the world, and it is necessary for people like him to sit on one side, take charge of the party, and subdue the four provinces. ”

When Li Ye said this, he smiled with relief and joy, "But now, I think Zhang Changan has the potential to be the prime minister." ”

Song Jiao glanced at Li Ye, "So emotional, I don't know how to weigh the pros and cons, and I can be the prime minister?"

Li Ye shook his head and said: "This is not emotional, but sticking to principles and sticking to one's heart." There are many talented monks in the Tang Dynasty, and like Yang Xingmi, they are even more eloquent who can lead an army alone and expand their territory in unknown places. But in my eyes, Yang Xingmi can make great achievements, but he definitely can't be the prime minister. ”

"Yang Xingmidu

Can't you be the prime minister?" Song Jiao opened her red lips in surprise.

"Not bad. Although he also insisted, he was too tactful and calculating.

"There is no such thing as a person in this world who is truly round on the outside and square on the inside. If you are sleek for a long time and too much, it will inevitably affect your mind. In the troubled times, Yang Xingmi may be able to become a prince, but it is absolutely impossible to dominate the world; in the rule of the world, he may be able to be the prime minister of ordinary countries, but he will definitely not be the prime minister of the future Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Ye's rare face was solemn, "A real Xiongguo needs a principled emperor and a persistent prime minister." Not all things in this world can be used to weigh the pros and cons, and sometimes, the benefits are great and you don't do it, and some things have to be done at a loss. ”

Song Jiao frowned her bewitching long eyebrows, as if she had an understanding.

Li Ye told her the story of the thirteen soldiers returning to Yumen.

After the fall of the Western Han Dynasty, the Northern Xiongnu occupied the Western Regions, and in the sixteenth year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty once again used troops to the Western Regions to expel the Northern Xiongnu, and in the seventeenth year of Yongping, the Western Regions Protectorate was re-established, and Geng Gong was appointed as the captain of Wu. The following year, the Northern Xiongnu, who were unwilling to fail, sent 20,000 troops to attack and besieged hundreds of Geng Gong's troops in the lonely city.

The two sides fought a bloody battle, from spring to autumn, although the Han army suffered heavy casualties, but the Northern Xiongnu were never able to conquer the city.

At that time, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty died, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, and the imperial court was unable to support it for a while. Sikong thinks that it is not cost-effective and unnecessary to rescue such a small number of people, and when the army passes, Geng Gong's department may have died long ago.

And now it is the cold winter season, the army is dispatched, and they will be damaged first, and when the time comes, thousands of people will be killed and wounded, and a lot of food and military funds will be spent to rescue hundreds of people.

And more Hanchen believes that Geng Gong must be saved, and he must be saved immediately.

So the Han army went to the rescue.

In the three counties of Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang, a total of 7,000 soldiers were dispatched to march in the Gobi Desert in the northwest in the cold winter and in the cold winter and in the snow, to rescue dozens of comrades whose fate was unknown more than 2,000 miles away.

There is no record of how many people froze to death on the way.

In the first month of the following year, 7,000 Han soldiers arrived in Liuzhong City, defeated the rebels of the Che Division, beheaded more than 3,800 people, and captured more than 3,000.

At this time, they were still hundreds of miles away from Geng Gong, separated by the snow-capped Tianshan Mountains. In the first month of the year, the snow is falling heavily, and the snow is several feet on the flat ground, and in some places it is even more than a zhang, and the soldiers have traveled thousands of miles to come and go through the great battle, and they are really exhausted.

There are dozens of people in Geng Gong's department, do they still need to be rescued?

The Han army sent 2,000 soldiers to the rescue.

When the reinforcements arrived, there were only twenty-six people left in Geng Gong's headquarters in Shule City.

After that, it was a retreat, pursued by the Hun cavalry all the way, and fought and walked, and when they arrived at Yumen Pass, only thirteen of the twenty-six people remained.

Although they were ragged, their shoes were pierced, their faces were haggard, and their shapes were erect, they were able to survive Chang'an.

This is the return of the thirteen soldiers to the Jade Gate.

It is also the origin of Yue Fei's writing in Manjianghong, "The strong man is hungry for Hulu meat, and laughs and talks about thirsty for Hun blood".

"If Yang Xingmi is the prime minister, he may send troops to retrieve the scene when the climate is suitable in the coming year, but he will definitely not send soldiers across thousands of miles to rescue in the cold winter. But, Zhang Chang'an will. ”

Li Ye said in a deep voice, "This rescue, because of the cold winter, the soldiers don't know how many more people died, it is indeed not cost-effective." But I, Datang, what I need is a prime minister who can give this kind of order!"

This is the strong man's majestic style, and it is the reason why the big man is a strong man, Song Jiao surrendered happily and bowed: "The minister understands." ”

(End of chapter)